For Lilian and the Indigos - Above Top Secret

Based on the advice of a psychologist, no answer is sent in response to such
submissions. No correspondence could provide the type of help needed, and any
response would only encourage more of this nonproductive behavior.
To make these excerpts less offensive, only humorous and unthreatening
examples are shown. The names of the senders and any other traceable data has
been removed from these excerpts.
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Typical opening lines:
* "I'm not a scientist, but…"
* "I'm a retired engineer, and now that I have extra time, I have this theory …"
* "Since I'm in prison, I've had time to think about my theories…"
* "I've seen a UFO and here's how it works…"
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Recall the quote from Edison that: "Invention is 1% inspiration and 99%
perspiration." Frequently individuals submit their "inspirations" with the desire
that NASA complete the other 99% of the work (and anoint the submitters with
accolades). A shorthand phrase for these individuals is "one-percenters".
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QUOTES & ANECDOTES:
* From a man doing time in a correctional institute, who wrote to express his
interest in considering a career in physics: “You see, I have always had a love for
science, Life Science at first, then went through a chemistry phase which landed
me where I am currently positioned.”
* From a guy who sends NASA approximately 1 letter every month, all in capital
letters, and connected with commas between every word (Most commas omitted
for clarity): "This is my invention for metaphysical gears for the transmission of
future spaceships. This secret I got from the crystal ray which I devised from the
circle, the plane, and the center, long ago. The FBI in Wash D.C. have my crystal
ray work." A more recent submission from the same individual said: “You,
NASA, see I am an American visionary and the son of man and I hear voices,
seriously, from beyond the grave and the spirit world on high, and I ran into your
own house, and they confirmed with conquest in myself and faulted, so I told
them I would not sell you these engines and faulted myself….”
* While giving a lecture to a space society club in Huntsville, Alabama, one of the
audience members (NOT one of the NASA employees) offered his help. He said
he'd been "Channeling" with Einstein and Einstein had made
more progress on his unified field theories.